Reclaiming Mission As Constructive Theology Missional Church and World Christianity

Name: Reclaiming Mission As Constructive Theology Missional Church and World Christianity
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ISBN: 9781610972277

ISBN-10: 1610972279

ISBN-13: 9781610972277

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul S. Chung, Richard H. Bliese

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Reclaiming Mission as Constructive Theology offers a compelling case for the need to integrate God's mission and missional church conversation with a public and post-colonial study of World Christianity. Driven by a commitment to publicly engaged theology that takes seriously the reality of Global Christianity, Paul Chung presents a vital new model for understanding the mission of God as a dynamic word-event. This is argued in conversation with contemporary missional theology and analysis of the development of Global Christianity, and as such brings important transcultural issues to bear on contemporary American conversations about the missional church. All of this serves to innovatively…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 3/9/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Paul S. Chungnbsp;is Associate Professor at Luther Seminary, Minneapolis. He is the author of numerous works, includingMartin Luther and Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering(2nd ed., 2007) andKarl Barth: God’s Word in Action(2



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction: World Christianity, Missional Church, and Public Theology



Embodying World Christianity in the Mission of God



Bartholomï¿½ de Las Casas: Mission as Prophetic Justice



Matteo Ricci: Mission as Inculturation



Shaping Public Missiology: World Christianity and Postcolonial Voice



Contributing to the Missio Dei and Missional Church Conversation



New Directions: From Edinburgh via Willingen to the Missional Church Conversation



The Place of Diakonia in the Mission of God: Hermeneutical Construction



Church as Diakonia and Congregational Mission



Mission as Deaconhood of all Believers



Missional Church as Public Vocation



Re-envisioning Missional Church and Public Faith



Public Church and Hermeneutics of Word-Event



Public Church and American Society in Cultural Complexities



Missional Epistemology and Hermeneutics in Studies of Mission



Public Church and Theology of Hope



Public Church and Socially Engaged Mission


Epilogue: Gods Narrative in Congregational Life


Glossary and Explanations of Technical Terms and Concepts


Bibliography


Index